In focus – Page 9
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FeatureThe Lion, the Wich and the Waller
Almost 30 years after its closure, the historic Lion Salt Works in Cheshire opens its doors to the public. Volunteer Mike Tingle relates some of its history
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SoundbiteDual personality of light caught on camera
Is it a wave or is it a particle? We might know the answer, (Spoiler alert: it’s both!) but it is reassuring nonetheless to see the pictures that prove it, says Nina Notman
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The MoleTara McKernan: Wastewater treatment scientific officer
Tara tells Katrina Krämer how her curiosity about chemistry helps her keep rivers clean
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The MoleChemistry is like... a game of football
Whatever the predictions, you won’t know for sure until the final whistle, says Tom Husband
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The MoleAchieving food security for Africa
Isobel Hogg explores a farming technique that has increased food supplies for thousands of African farmers and their families
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The MoleThe chemistry of candles
Learn about the chemistry behind candles and how they work in this article from ‘Avogadro’s lab’, including a test to try at home with safety instructions.
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FeatureIdentifying extraterrestrial materials
Meteorites can be bought cheaply online and offer an excellent laboratory teaching tool, explain Luis Lahuerta Zamora, Salvador Lahuerta Zamora and Ana Mellado Romero
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NewsSuper-dipoles create chloroform’s super powers
Polar stacks facilitate dissolution by polarising
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SoundbiteA comet starts to tell its watery tale
Nina Notman probes what measurements taken onboard the Rosetta spacecraft mean for our understanding of the origin of water on Earth
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The MoleAbigail Storey: Scientific glassblower
Katrina Krämer talks to an art school graduate with the skills that make chemistry research possible
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The MoleComic chemistry
For some it’s the source of their powers, for others their only weakness. Ben Valsler explores the chemical story at the heart of many comic book characters
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The MoleChemistry is like… dating
Tom Husband thinks about how chemical bonding might be similar to personal relationships
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The MoleHow to make light by crushing sugar
Discover how stretching, scratching or crushing some materials can produce light, and try a quick experiment to demonstrate this effect using sugar.
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FeatureGood chemistry
There are all sorts of ways chemists can use their skills to aid global development, writes Josh Howgego
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FeaturePictures of the molecular world
Matthew Lickiss looks back at how our drawings of chemical structures have changed over time
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FeatureThe other carbon dioxide problem
Carbon dioxide produced by human activity is acidifying the ocean at an unprecedented and alarming rate
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NewsAir pollution: a sinister synergy
New insight into the mechanisms by which nitrogen dioxide and ozone damage the human respiratory tract
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NewsBoron and beryllium finally shake hands
Never-before-seen bond observed between periodic table neighbours